My guest today is a serial entrepreneur with his latest venture in the yarn space. In 2015, Garrick Arnold acquired Yarn Pop, makers of canvas accessory bags made in the USA. I asked Garrick to share his knowledge and expertise in buying an existing craft business.  

Our guest today is our first encore guest on Business of Craft. His first show on lead generation was one of the most downloaded episodes so I invited him back to talk to us about his new book, Profitable Podcasting. Stephen Woessner is the CEO of Predictive ROI, an agency focused on Podcast production, Search engine Optimization and Webinar Creation and distribution.

Leanne's guest is doing tremendous work in our industry that our listeners would love to learn more about. Joe McClain is the CEO of the organization Help Heal Veterans. Their mission is to provide therapeutic craft kits to every veteran who wants them. 

In Episode 29, a solocast with Leanne Pressly, we'll talk about print advertising. Our topics include ROI, placement, pricing, the size of your ad and how to evaluate an opportunity. 

Episode 28 is a little bit different than our usual format. Our guests are innovators in the crafts industry. Leanne interviews Ja’De Hardiman, founder of the website D-Stash in the first half of the show, and Pam Maher of FiberCrafty in the second half.

Leanne's guest is Heidi Kaisand, the publisher at American Quilt Retailer magazine. She also owns a retail shop called Hens and Chicks Studio in Conrad, Iowa and she brings a unique perspective to the topic of retail in the quilting and fabric space.

In this episode, we talk with Vickie Howell, a true success story in personal branding.  We talk about her launch of the first tv-quality yarn crafting show and visual cues that are important in building a personal brand.

In this episode, we talk with Laura Zander, founder of Jimmy Beans Wool. With over 98% of sales coming from online, she knows more than a few things about how to do it well. We'll talk about why Amazon isn't responsible for the demise of retail and why experiential marketing is going to be the name of the game in 2018. 

In this episode, we talk with Lindsey Rae, creator of Sew to Grow, a pattern company designed to help students gain and then build upon new sewing skills. Lindsey shares how she has crafted a marketing strategy to appeal to different types of customers.

In today's episode,  Leanne Pressly answers listener questions on the topics of digital marketing, expanding into a wholesale market, attracting customers and more.